Why We Love Serial Killers
The Curious Appeal of the World's Most Savage Murderers
by Scott Bonn

Why We Love Serial Killers: The Curious Appeal of the World's Most Savage Murderers by Scott Bonn

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  1. There's a German word for this, because of course, vorfreude, which means pre-pleasure; the pleasure of anticipation. It's the reason that we gift-wrap presents. As Ted Bundy said, "The fantasy that accompanies and generates the anticipation that precedes the crime is always more stimulating than the immediate aftermath of the crime itself." So true. Anticipation is the basic pleasure of eroticism. [The book shown on screen]

    Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints)

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